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1. 21. Challenges and incentives for sustainable manure management in Russia

   Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

   Författare :Johanna Lindgren; [2013]
   Nyckelord :manure management; Russia; sustainable; eutrophication; agricultural policies; Baltic Sea;

   Sammanfattning : The Baltic Sea is threatened by eutrophication that largely is due to nutrient leaching from farmland within the catchment area. To solve this problem the surrounding countries cooperate within various configurations such as HELCOM and the EU-financed project Baltic Compass. LÄS MER

3. 22. Small-scale versus large-scale cocoa farming in Cameroon : which farm type is more ready for the future?

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Författare :Chi Bemieh Fule; [2013]
   Nyckelord :Cameroon; cocoa; large-scale farming; small-scale farming;

   Sammanfattning : Smallholding in the cocoa sector has been seen as a hindrance to production and productivity growth due to the ageing of the cocoa farmers, limited access to credit, low level of education and low adoptability of innovations. In order to curb this, policy makers have resorted to implementing policy instruments that encourage the extension of small rural farms into larger farms, thereby undermining the challenges that large-scale farmers might have to deal with. LÄS MER

4. 23. Long-term effects of organic and mineral fertilizer application on physical soil properties and maize yield in western Kenya

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

   Författare :Paulina Cebula; [2013]
   Nyckelord :farm fertility gradients; aggregate stability; infiltration rate; bulk density; organic carbon; Kenya;

   Sammanfattning : To evaluate the effects of long-term application of organic and mineral fertilizers on maize yield and soil properties and further to investigate differences in soil fertility gradients, the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (TSBF-CIAT) conducted an 8- year experiment on 12 farms in the districts Nyalgunga, Nyabeda and Vihiga in the Western Province of Kenya. The study was designed as a split plot model where each farm was split into high and low fertility plots on which the following treatments were applied: T2 – no fertilizer application (control), T4 – application of farmyard manure (FYM) alone and T5 – combined application of FYM, Mavuno fertilizer and top dressing. LÄS MER

5. 24. Nature itself as our guide : A resilience perspective on permaculture and an empirical investigation of its use in three case studies in British Columbia, Canada

   Master-uppsats, Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Författare :Audrey Noga; [2012]
   Nyckelord :permaculture; social-ecological resilience; small-scale farming;

   Sammanfattning : In general, small farms have significant social and ecological advantages over industrialized large farms. However, a combination of complex pressures is making it difficult for many small-scale farmers to stay in business – including in Canada, where this thesis is focused. LÄS MER

7. 25. Exploring the ‘Unknown Unknowns’ of Urban Farming : An ethnographic case study, in narrative form, on the last urban farm in Stockholm, Sweden

   Master-uppsats, Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Författare :Christopher Hill; [2011]
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : Abstract. The prediction of growing global populations flocking to cities, increasingdemands for more food production, the call to maintain biodiversity and the interactionsof many different stakeholders elicits quite a mind-boggling medley of complexity. LÄS MER